Students writing the ongoing West African Examination Council (WAEC) last night lamented the delay in commencement of Part II and III (objectives and theory) of English Language examination.
Investigation by The Nation revealed that the examination scheduled for 4pm started by 7pm and ended at 9pm.
It was learnt that the students had sat for the Part I (Oral English) in the morning and were waiting for the Part II and III of the examination.
However, the examination was delayed until 7pm when officials of WAEC brought papers into schools across the state.
A source attributed the delay to leakage of the examination question paper across the state.
“We discovered that the students have seen the question, hence we need to change it. We hurriedly change the paper, but it was late, and that is what caused them to start the examination late,” the source said.
The claim could not be verified.
But a top official of the body confirmed to our reporter that body experienced logistics issues and needed to protect the integrity of the examination.
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The official said that WAEC would react accordingly to the development.
A teacher simply identified as Jumoke Adefokun, said: “It is a frustrating occurrence today, we never planned that we would stay that late but the officials of WAEC insisted that the exam should be held today. We use phone torchlight to illuminate the hall today. There may be mass failure of the subject in Osun state due to this.
“Many parents have been calling us about the whereabouts of their children, we had to explain to them about the change. We started the exam at 7pm and ended by 9pm.”
A parent, Mrs. Susan: “I don’t think the student can pass the examination because they were practically writing in the dark at a school in Osogbo.”